so i upgraded via kies mini and was just wondering if there is a specific way i have to root official ka6 froyo... its kinda giving me trouble. anything to do with the 3e recovery ?..
SuperOneClick will root, but not fix recovery (i.e clockworkmod and flashing roms)
To get a working clockworkmod, you'll have to use odin to flash on of the voodoo kernels because they have clockworkmod built in.
"if you amplify everything, nothing is heard"
this is so dumb, lol. oclf and z4 won't root it. ill try superoneclick. eugh.
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How do you obtain root with T9259UVJK6 firmware, I had root before i odin the T9259UVJK6 firmware. I tired rooting it with the OCLF and adb with a no go. Any suggestions?
It has a different recovery. You could flash back to JFD and install one of the other one that is prerooted.
And I was thinking it had a different recovery thing now, thanks man.
I recently ODIN'd back to stock for the first time after incorrectly flashing a 2.2 rom from cm7. my question is, do i have to use samsung kies again to get my phone back to froyo 2.2? Also, I am unsure if i am even rooted, I have no superuser. I can hold down the volume buttons to get into recovery and reinstall packages to get into cwm, but from there I cant flash a 2.2 Rom. Do I have to reroot and reupdate via samsung kies to get 2.2?
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I recently ODIN'd back to stock for the first time after incorrectly flashing a 2.2 rom from cm7. my question is, do i have to use samsung kies again to get my phone back to froyo 2.2? Also, I am unsure if i am even rooted, I have no superuser. I can hold down the volume buttons to get into recovery and reinstall packages to get into cwm, but from there I cant flash a 2.2 Rom. Do I have to reroot and reupdate via samsung kies to get 2.2?
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I never use samsung kies for anything. Just ODIN using the steps in the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
You should still have the update.zip in there so after ODIN "reinstall packages" then ROM Manager to flash CwMRecovery.Good luck!
Hi,
I'm currently using Samsung Vibrant (t-mo version) running Firmware 2.2, Baseband version T959UVKB5, Kernel 2.6.32.9.
My problem is I can never boot into ClockWorks Recovery. I've CWR's update.zip downloaded using ROM Manager. Rooted the phone using SuperOneClick.
When I boot into recovery and select apply update.zip, it gives me an error half way thruogh about verification failed.
So I replaced Android Recovery 3e, with another Android Recovery 3e which skips the verification. It installs fine but restarts back in Android's recovery. On rebooting I get a phone with everything back to default!
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
PS: I want to upgrade to CM7. which I had at one point but reverted because my bluetooth failed to connect to my headset.
Are you reinstalling packages twice?
Honestly, why not just odin to jfd and rather than boot and flash cwr, just use the update.zip in the noob guide.
I'd encourage checking that route (noob guide is in my signature).
I'm certain we could find a way for yours to work, but if you are going to try a new rom, using ODIN may benefit you anyway. It will not format your internal or external.
cant get or find cwr for samsung vib s.. been looking all night
go to the noob guide.
I am on Samsung Vibrant Froyo 2.2 T959UVKB5.
I have seen your post and it provides 2 update.zip files for JFD.
I do not want to install custom ROM, I just want to root the phone.
will that update.zip work on my phone?
If all you're doing is rooting just for the root apps and not for a custom rom you should use zip A. However the easiest method for you to root would be superoneclick root. Look it up, it will have you rooted with the click of a button (hence the name)... The only thing is that it may stir up your anti-virus, even though it is safe...
Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
Thanks you!
I just got my phone rooted and installed rom manager and every time I try to install a custom rom my phone gets stuck in recovery mode on installing cscs is there a step or something I am missing
Did you root Froyo (2.2), or Eclair (2.1)? If you were on Froyo when you rooted, Odin back to JFD, the original official ROM, or you need to modify you recovery to 3e (search around this section of the forum, its here somewhere how to do that). If you were on Eclair, I have no idea what could be wrong.
Good luck!
Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick.
Hello everyone. There is one thing that I'd like to know before going ahead and rooting my gs2 (cf kernel).
That kernel installs the CWM recovery. Assume that I'm on stock KI4 now, then root it. If a new fw is released, and I'd like to move to say KJ1 frankenstein from intra, how should I flash that? Should I still use the same procedure that I've always used until now (odin), or should I flash it via CWM?
Also, what are the impacts of moving to the newer fw? Do I lose root and also the CWM recovery?
Thanks,
TD
Anyone?...
Yes, CF-Root installs CWM recovery, Superuser and enables root. So it's a super easy thing to do and very convenient.
If you are rooted and is on KI4, moving to a non-rooted frankenstein build(that's what you wanted), you will definitely lose root because the firmware is stock.
So if you flashed a stock frankenstein build, you will lose root AND CWM(loosing CWM will give you the stock recovery, which doesn't do much). You would need to flash a rooted kernel(e.g. CF-Root) using Odin to regain root. Depending on the firmware also, sometimes your data is wiped.
To preserve root, I recommend you to flash a rooted custom ROM. VillainROM is good to start with because it is close to stock. The closest to stock in my opinion is to root it with CF-Root. Feel free to experiment with custom ROMs.
With rooted custom ROMs, you will stay rooted when you flash them VIA Clockworkmod revovery.
P.S. Be sure to always do a backup in case something goes wrong! Do a full ROM backup via CWM so if anything happens, you can just revert.